ESA executive director tackles boatbuilding in his basement David Gammel is all set to take his boat to the water after finishing the rigging—the last step—at his father's house on Kentucky Lake. As executive director of the Entomological Society of America, David Gammel works with many teams and many people to achieve success over time. "It's wonderful. I get a lot of energy from that," Gammel said. However, "it's really often hard to see the direct impact of what I'm doing." Not so when it comes to building boats. Gammel decided to build a sailing dinghy from a kit in his basement in Salisbury, Md., even though he had no woodworking experience and didn't consider himself… Read More